Ernest J. Moniz

My usual practice is to write a column, put forth my position and let it stand on its own merits. I do not attempt to answer criticism. I have broken this rule only once that I can remember when, many years ago, an overly contentious Israeli Consul General in Miami attacked me personally in the Journal.

However, I feel that an extensive letter in last week's paper rebutting my April 22 column on the framework for the Iranian nuclear negotiations should be answered. First, it was submitted by the Social Action Committee of the Boca Raton Synagogue, thereby making it something more than...

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